On the incredible value of Glass Door

I strongly recommend you get an account at Glass Door, and even more strongly recommend you do not do so with authentication from Facebook, Google or any other third-party source.  There is a way to do it, look for it yourself.  Unfortunately, Glass Door makes it more difficult than it needs to be to just sign up for an account and use a password.  I did it, but I forget how.  Your assignment, not mine.

There are two excellent reasons you need an account at Glass Door:
  1. Reviews of companies (critical, critical, critical)
  2. Huge number of job listings
Glass Door has surpassed almost all other job sites.  AFAIK, they do not sell their listings to staffing companies, so you won't be getting irritating spam, irrelevant job postings, or aggressive phone calls as a result of having an account there. The reviews of workplaces are very welcome.  You can read hundreds of reviews of organizations you are considering.  If they are net negative, I'd look elsewhere for employment if I were you.

You also need a LinkedIn account, and need to put up a full online resume.  You'll get plenty of activity from that, too.

Glass Door and LinkedIn together are a very good and complete job hunter's toolkit.

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